"Last time on the Ridonculous Race, a lot of stuff went down. We struck a lot of gold in Dubai both physical and emotional, Carrie almost gave up on the game of love, the Fashion Bloggers proved their worth to the Best Friends in their alliance and the Adversity Twins overcame to the odds which surprisingly landed them in the top three, and with Dwayne's advice Kelly finally gave Taylor a much needed time out which ended up costing them the race and the shopping trip before reaching the Chill Zone didn't help either, NOT! And last but not least another new alliance was formed but the question remains, will it turn out to be more than just a mere alliance? Your guess is as good as mine but mine matters more because I'm on TV so you'll have to find out right here, right now. This is… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Don stood next to the Chill Zone from the day before in the Gold Souk "And now the time has come for us to say bye by to Dubai, and the Sisters were the first to arrive so they're the first to leave. Ready? Get set. GO!"
Emma picked up a tip from the Don Box "It says here that we have find your next tip at the world famous Bird's Nest Stadium. Well that's kind of weird, I don't think I've ever heard of that."
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"The Bird's Nest Stadium is actually in our next location, that being Beijing China, home to 25 million people and oddly enough we're not going to see any of them. Anyway the first 7 teams grab their travel tips, taxis and tickets which lets them get seats on the first flight to China while the stragglers on the second flight have an extra hour to talk strategy."
Carrie let out a sigh as she watched Devin sleep next to her "Getting to watch Devin sleep is so awesome, sometimes he mumbles the sweetest things while he's asleep."
"Zzz… Rainbow zebras took my wallet… Get back here you dirty zebras…"
"I did say sometimes."
That was when Rock showed up and noticed the bag of peanuts Devin was leaning on, which left him drooling "Hey Carrie since Devin is snoozing I was wondering, are you gonna make a move on that or what?"
"What? Oh well Devin and I are friends."
"Yeah I know that but this opportunity isn't going to last forever." he reached forward for the bag of peanuts.
Carfrie failed to notice this and grabbed Rock by the arm before he could reach it "That's what I keep telling myself, the whole reason Devin and I entered this race in the first place was to show him that we had a real connection. Something really special, plus I'm running out of time to tell him as it is. Devin's friend Adam said that I have to tell him before the race is over or he's going to tell Devin himself!"
"Yeah, about that…"
"...You were talking about the peanuts weren't you?"
"Yeah."
"Here." she handed him the bag of peanuts.
"But seriously, if Devin's buddy is telling you to tell him then maybe you ought just tell him already." and he walked away. With the peanuts.
Carrie let out a sigh "Why didn't I just tell him I'm in love with him back when we were in Hawaii? Oh man I'm gonna be alone forever!" a few tears ran down her cheeks "But when I force myself to face it I realize that I would rather let him have a life with Shelley than not have him in my life at all."
Devin suddenly bolted awake and locked eyes with Carrie "Oh thank god you're awake, I had this insane dream where we were being attacked by this crazy one eyed demon with fire powers and Adam showed up and saved us with some crazy axe and lightning powers. And then I had another dream that you and I lived in a treehouse and it caught fire and-"
"Wait a second, just you and me living together?"
"Well to be honest I was a three headed tiger and you were a monkey in a tuxedo but it was still you so it counts right? Kind of weird right?" and he fell back asleep.
"We… lived… together…" insert massive squeal that shook the entire plane.
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Things were getting somewhat strategic on another end.
Rock mad his way over to Spud "Hey man listen, I know our strategy up until now was slow and steady but-"
"Wait didn't you say that our strategy was to party on?" Spud held up the party hand gesture.
"I never said that, but we've gotten in the top 3 twice only because Carrie and Devin helped us out in Transylvania so we need a new strategy anyway so-"
"How about we party on even harder?"
"Spud no, we've gotta start going way faster or we're gonna be the next ones to go!"
"Faster? Oh okay, I'll go tell the pilot." and he rushed off towards the cockpit.
"Wait Spud don't, I meat- Oh crap, you know now I'm starting to think that there's such a thing as too easy going. I've gotta find a way to motivate this guy or we're screwed."
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Dwayne shrugged "Oh yeah sure we could've been on the first flight but someone had to go potty at the airport and that someone hasn't been eating enough vegetables so that someone had a lot of trouble with-"
"Stop making it sound like it was me!" Junior cut him off "It was him!"
"...I have no comment."
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Gwen let out a sigh "Okay, so I may have been… completely out of character while we were stuck in Dubai. But what can I say? After experiencing that beautiful night with Cody when we were in Hawaii… I hadn't been so at peace since my junior high school prom where I took that bitch Angela's dress and set it on fire!"
"...Seriously?" Kevin shot her a look "That's just psychotic, even to me."
"Okay I didn't really do it but the thought is what helps me get to sleep at night okay? Don't judge me."
"We passed that after Hawaii."
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"The first flight has finally landed in Beijing and the first 7 teams are being taken by shuttle to their next destination."
Kitty looked back at Owen and Noah "Hey listen you guys, I just wanted to say thanks for letting us take the win yesterday."
Owen let out a chuckle and waved that off "No problem."
"Just don't expect us to return the favor." Emma told him "We may have an alliance but it's still a competition."
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Noah let out a sigh "Yeah it's official, she's awesome."
Owen chuckled and started singing and mocking him "Noah and Emma sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-"
"I will nurple you until they turn purple and then I will rip them off and shove them down your throat."
"...I'll shut up."
"Good."
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Kitty shot a knowing grin at Emma "You like him big time, just go ahead and admit it why don't you?"
"What you mean Noah? I do not like him!" Emma let out a scoff.
"Well why not, is it because he's weird looking?"
"He's not weird looking, he's totally hot!"
"So what then, is it because he's boring?"
"Noah is NOT boring! He has a super awesome sense of humor, a fun streak of sarcasm, his exterior is super cool and moody and his butt is like a pair of two perfect apples suspended in mid air!" then she let out a gasp "Oh no… I like him…"
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The shuttle bus arrived at the Bird's Nest Stadium and crashed into the Don Box as it arrived.
"There's the Don Box, or what's left of it I guess." Kitty picked up the tips getting spewed out all over the place "This is an all in, we've gotta fly over the Bird's Nest Stadium and tandem jump through the donut hole to receive your next tip."
"DONUTS!" Owen screamed in joy at the top of his lungs.
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45 minutes later…
Owen got a glimpse of the donut as they flew over the stadium "That's the donut? Oh come on, that is just wrong! I mean when are we gonna have another eating challenge? I'm so hungry that I could eat an entire house made of donuts with chocolate shingles and a fence of white pretzels."
"You're drooling." Noah strapped himself into a parachute with Owen "So do I have to make some super terrible joke about how they've got our backs or…"
"Yeah no, that's terrible." Emma lowered her voice so only Kitty could her "That was actually really adorable."
"So maybe it would be smart of me to AIR out my crappy puns before we jump." this left everyone speechless "Yeah I know, I'm that good." this was followed by a buzzer sounding.
"And it's time to jump."
"Oh come on, it's not like it could be that hard." they all jumped, with Owen and Noah crashing into a rickshaw and Emma and Kitty crashing into a gong.
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At the same time, the Artists, Adversity Twins, Ice Dancers, Bromigos and Goths were all doing the tandem jump and all but one of the teams landed successfully.
Josee and Jacques however were running into trouble with jumping into the Donut Hole "Over there, go over there!"
"I know Josee, it's just not-" Jacques was cut off when he promptly slammed into a sign, his head sticking out of a donkey's ass.
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"Well that's typical Jacques for you, always trailing behind me." Josee noted "But even despite all of that, he's a true ASSET to our team in every way, shape and form.
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By this point, Emma and the others were going for their second attempt at tandem jumping into the stadium "Okay this time we dial down on the screaming and dial up on the steering you got it?"
"I'll see what I can do but I can't make any guarantees." Kitty told her.
"...Let's just go." and they all took off just as the bus arrived carrying the Best Friends, Fashion Bloggers, Artists, Adversity Twins, Father & Son, Stepbrothers and the Rockers, all of them making a break for the Don Box.
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"Okay so here's the deal." Rock held up a box of something called Choco Oinkies "I came up with a new strategy, Spud loves these choco onkies so much to the point where he'd do just about anything for one."
Spud let out a wistful sigh "Chocolate covered pork grinded goodness."
"So I cleaned out the airport vending machine of the biggest box they had, this will make him pick up the pace." he held one out only for Spud to bite down on it, causing him to scream in pain.
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At the same time, Geoff and DJ picked up their tip from the Don Box, with the Goths and Stepbrothers right behind them "Looks like we've got another All In."
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"Yeah it's another All In, only this one has a twist. In order to receive their next tip from a local vendor, the only Chinese person out of 25 million in this city we'll actually get to see while we're here, one team will have to assemble and deep fry a skewer of Beijing street food and their partner will have to eat it. The big question is, who's going to scarf it down and who's going to barf it back up? Find out when we come back right here on… the Ridonculous Race!"
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It wasn't very long before teams started making their way to the food stand to start the challenge.
Geoff took a moment to try and make awkward small talk with the vendor "So… how's it going ma'am? Are the crickets fresh today?" he was answered by the vendor pulling out a live cricket that winked at him "Uh huh." he let out a nervous chuckle as he watched Crimson release a large number of bats from their container.
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"Bats are the most beautiful creatures in the world." explained Crimson "Of course I had to set them free."
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At the same time, Jacques and Josee landed inside the Birds Nest Stadium, only for Jacques to be on the receiving end of a sickening crunching noise "My ankle!"
"You're worthless!" Josee threw him aside and scowled at the camera "Honestly, why in the name of hell is Jacques so clumsy today? No don't give him any sympathy, that's only going to encourage him." she went over to Jacques and slapped him across the face "Get ahold of yourself you fool! This is a competition! Our fans are watching! EAT THE PAIN! Oh yeah, and be sure to smile too." and they rushed off just as the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers landed. And Devin passed out from the fear.
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"I think we've established this by now, but I'm not great with heights." explained Devin "Or falling from heights which I don't think is too unreasonable. Franky I'm just glad that I have someone like Carrie there to see me through these things. As for Shelley, she would've totally bailed on me."
"Hey what's that?" Carrie pointed off screen.
"What's what?" he looked away for a moment which allowed Carrie to pump her fists im triumph.
"Oh, well I guess it was nothing."
"Okay… Anyway, we both could have handled things a lot better yesterday than we did but all we have to do is focus on our alliance with the Fashion Bloggers and we might even be able to come in first again."
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At the same time, Noah was trying to make small talk with Emma as the their teams were landing in the stadium "So do you like movies or-" he was cut off when Owen crushed him upon making their landing "Ow…"
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Owen found himself on the receiving end of a glare from Noah "I swear I wasn't trying to interrupt, me landing on you the way I did was just an accident!"
"Oh yeah well thanks for that." Noah's tone was filled with sarcasm "Now I have no idea if she likes movies."
"Oh come on, everyone likes movies."
"I know that dude, all I'm trying to do is get to know her so that when I ask her out I can get it right on the first try and not make an ass out of myself."
"What can I do to help?"
"What can you do to help, let me think. Oh I know, you can take your chubby hide and stay out of it!"
"...So nothing then."
"Pretty much."
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By this point, the Goths, Bromigos, Artists, Adversity Twins, Stepbrothers and Father & Son were struggling with the All In challenge.
Carrie cringed as she watched everyone at work on it "Okay so here's the thing, I'm not so sure if I can-" her cheeks bulged.
"It's okay, just relax homie." Devin told her "I'll take the hard part and do the eating, you just go ahead and skewer up some worms and-" he was cut off when she grabbed a bucket and puked in a very violent fashion "I can't say worms?" and she puked again "Okay then."
Jen and Tom cringed "Weak stomach?"
"More geared towards worms to more specific." Devin covered Carries ears before he had said worms "When we were little kids her sister dared her to eat a you know what and once she did she hurled for almost a week straight."
"Hey…" Carrie slowly looked up at him "Were you talking about… worms?"
"...Yes?" cue the vomit "Yeah I walked into that one."
She puked for almost a whole moment "Oh god…"
Jen gripped her by the shoulders "Listen to me Carrie, I know that this challenge might be out of your comfort zone but so are most of them in this race. Besides you can either cook the you know what's or eat them, I think you know which one you prefer."
"But… But I can't touch the…" her cheeks bulged.
"What if you don't have to." Jen pulled off her sunglasses and stuck them on Carrie "Now you don't have to see them and that should help."
"I… I can't see anything with these things on."
"Why do you think I never wear them over my eyes?" she looked over and noticed Geoff staring at her, only for him to pull his hat over his eyes, and she gave him a small smile.
Devin noticed this and chuckle "So you and Geoff…"
"Never talked to the guy since the race started but I saw him on Total Drama, he's kind of wild but he's pretty cute."
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Geoff let out a sigh "Okay so she runs a fashion blog, she's hot… Yeah I think that's all I need to know."
DJ just facepalmed himself "Oh yeah, this is gonna end well."
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Dwayne was still struggling with picking up some scorpions with the stick "Oh come, would it kill you to stay still you sneaky little rascals? You know what, maybe I'll just-" he reached in with his bare hand, only for it to be grabbed by the vendor in disapproval "Oh you don't have to worry about me, I'll be as quick as a cheetah. Just watch and-" he started screaming from the scorpion sting, much to the joy of the vendor and the horror of Junior. Until he started flinging scorpions everywhere.
Jacques was one of the unfortunate victims as a result of this and ended up with a scorpion stuck to his face "Kill it Josee, kill it!" this was followed by Josee repeatedly punching him in the face, missing the scorpion literally every single time.
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By this point Rock and Spud had reached the Don Box "Yes, finally!"
"Yeah we did it, now oink a brother would you?" Spud pleaded.
"Forget it man, not until we get out of last place!"
"Oh come on dude…"
"Fine, go get it!" he pretended to throw it to motivate Spud "There it goes boy, hurry before it gets away!"
"I'll get it, I'll get it!"
"Come on, faster!"
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"My mom says that I'm a light eater." explained Spud "All someone has to do is turn the lights on and then I start eating.
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Geoff pulled out the skewer from the deep frier "Done-zo, DJ my bro eat up!" he ended up having to force it down DJ's throat "Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!"
Jen watched as DJ nearly choked on it "Wow, just… wow."
"Yeah I know, he can take these things in spades."
"No I mean he's choking and you're forcing it down."
"...Oh. That." he let go "Uh…"
"You shouldn't be so forceful on your partner, if there's one thing I've learned since I've been doing this race with Tom then it's that this is a team effort."
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Geoff let out a groan "Why are these things so hard? These kinds of things worked so well back at Camp Wawanakwa with Bridgette!"
"No, they really didn't." DJ told him "Dude you compared her to a guy when she was pitching a tent, not to mention to that dude Evan's mom, you forced some super corny stuff down her throat and you showed her a tattoo on your-"
"Okay stop it man I get it, I'm a romantic nightmare. What the heck am I supposed to do?"
"From watching everyone else making themselves look like a bunch of idiots I've learned one super simple trick that everyone should know: Be subtle."
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Junior was showing some concerns about Dwayne after he took on as much venom from the scorpions as he did "Are you sure you're okay dad?"
As it turns out he was highly disoriented "Oh you better believe that I'm okay Mr President, what about you?" he passed out.
"Well that's just great, the medic says the venom is gonna wear off sooner or later but we can't just wait around for that or we'll come in last. Looks like I'm gonna have to take charge of the team. Again."
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Josee looked down at Jacques "How are you feeling?"
Jacques finally managed to shake off the scorpion "I can't feel my face…"
"Good enough for me." she shoved the skewer into his mouth and forced him to chew it and swallow it "Done! We're in first place!"
The vendor handed her the tip and gestured to where the Best Friends, Fashion Bloggers and Bromigos were almost finished with the challenge, as if to say 'Hurry the hell up before you lose your lead.'
"It's a botch or watch."
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"In this botch or watch, whoever didn't go diving for wedding rings in Hawaii must pull their teammate by rickshaw all the way to the magnificent Great Wall of China using only a rudimentary map in the rickshaw itself. Once they arrive it's footrace to find the Chill Zone hidden somewhere along the wall and check in, but hurry because the last team to do so could be checking out of the race entirely."
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"Au revoir!" Jacques and Josee took off in the rickshaw, with the Artists following not far behind.
"Yeah man!" DJ leapt into the rickshaw "We're in the top 3, now we've just gotta head to the Chill Zone and we're in the clear."
Geoff tensed up for just a brief second "Hold that thought dude, you mind if we wait for… I dunno… the Fashion Bloggers?"
"...Oh. Alright dude, we'll wait for just a few minutes but that's it."
"Thanks man."
"Done!" after about 2 minutes Devin set Carrie down in the rickshaw and took off, with the Fashion Bloggers not far behind as Tom threw away his stick.
"YES!" Geoff took off at full speed, nearly causing DJ to hurl as a result.
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At the same time, Emma and the other members of their arrived to start the challenge "I prep, you eat!"
"Is that a question?" asked Kitty.
"No."
Noah turned to Owen "Alright listen up big guy, you got enough room in that tank?"
Owen let out a scoff "Are you kidding? I could eat an entire horse if I wanted to!"
"I don't doubt that, now put that optimism to use because you're eating."
"YES!" he caught Noah in a death hug.
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Noah leaned in a smug fashion "Some guys are probably so desperate that they think that if they act like the girl they're into then they'll be interested but that's not how I roll, I'm gonna take my time with this one."
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Spud was struggling to pick up the starfish with the skewer "Man if I had as many arms as this little guy then I'd be able to play guitar, drums and base all at the same time. Do you know how awesome that would be?"
Rock let out a groan "Not as awesome as you hurrying the hell up, come on man we're still in last place!"
"You know I think a Choco Oink would really help me to pick up the pace."
"Oh you mean one of these?" Rock held up one of them from inside the box "I sure hope there's one left when we're not in last place!"
"Oh no, no no no, you can't do-"
"Do what? This?" Rock crumbled one up in his hand and let the crumbs fall to the ground.
This prompted Spud to start freaking out and attempt to desperately slurp the crumbs off of the ground, much to the disgust of others present.
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"There!" Jacques pointed to the Great Wall of China not far ahead of them "I can see it from here!"
"At long last, first place here we come-" Josee tripped on a banana peel in the middle of the road and fell to the ground, flinging Jacques through the air until he crash landed on top of the Great Wall of China.
"My other ankle!"
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Noah looked up from his book and looked over at Emma "Looks like Kitty's gonna take a few minutes."
"And Owen isn't?" Emma shot him a look.
"3… 2… 1…"
"Done!" Owen held up the clean skewer and turned to Kitty "Are you gonna finish yours or can I have it?"
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Devin on the other hand was running towards the Great Wall of China pulling Carrie in the rickshaw, with Tom and Jen right by his side, when he felt something "Oh god…"
"Are you okay?" asked Jen.
"Yeah… no…" he stopped running and ran over to the side of the road and proceeded to puke his guts out.
"You see Carrie, this is why it was worth it for you to at least look at a few worms rather than eat them." Jen was answered with Carrie hurling out of the side of her rickshaw "Tom."
"Before you say it they were the best choice." Tom pointed out "The Artists are rather crazy as it is and we don't do the goth outfits, the Ice Dancers are insane, the Reality TV Pros and the Sisters have an alliance as it is, the Goths are too creepy, the Stepbrothers fight too much, Father & Son went out the window after what happened on Morocco, and the Rockers and Adversity Twins just don't match up well with us. Who else is there? I mean that does leave the Bromigos but-"
"Maybe I might be interested in seeing where it would go with him but this is still a competition, starting a relationship with someone right in the middle of it would just mess it up not just for our two teams but for Devin and Carrie too."
"Or it could make them better."
"You don't know in something like this, that's the problem."
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By this point, Jacques and Josee were deciding where to go to find the Chill Zone "Which way do we go?"
"Forget it, this stupid map is completely useless!" Josee threw away the map and kissed her lucky lava rock "I'll let luck decide!" the map blew towards the right "Chill Zone and first place, here we come!" and they rushed off just as the map blew off in the other direction.
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"Two more teams have completed the challenge and move on to the Botch or Watch, leaving the last two skewered up."
Rock shuddered at the thought of the skewer "Once I ate deep fried tofu and I vomited for like an hour but this thing was gonna leave me twitching like I had rabies. Some things in life are just wrong."
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Junior let out a groan "Oh come on you've gotta be kidding me, you mean my dad has to pull the rickshaw?"
As it turns out, Dwayne was still highly disoriented… and had his pants down "No problem for me Santa, I'm more than happy to pull your sleigh. Oh no, did you take my legs and feed them to your reindeer from hell?!"
"...Yeah we're doomed."
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At the same time, Kitty was talking to Emma about Noah "But you know you like him and I know you like him so why are you shooting him down?"
"I'm not shooting him down, I'm waiting until after the race." Emma told her "It's a competition after all, starting a relationship before we're even halfway through would just mess things up way too badly."
"Or they'd make them better."
"But that's the problem, it's too unpredictable so you never know. Besides Noah and I talked about it and we agreed to wait until after the race, getting to know each other is fine but we're here to win so we're not going any further than that." this was followed by the rickshaw hitting a rock and their wheel popping off "Oh no our wheel!" this was followed by Owen and Noah running it over "Great it's destroyed, now we're gonna come in last and get cut from the race."
This was when Owen pulled their rickshaw to a stop "Hey, do you guys need a hand or anything?"
"That depends, you got an extra wheel on you?"
"I've got a better idea." Noah hopped out of his rickshaw "Now I could make an ass out of myself by blurting out all sorts of things that I'm supposed to keep in my head or the four of us could…"
"...Could what?"
"Hold on, dramatic pause."
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By this point, the Best Friends, Fashion Bloggers and Bromigos all reached the Great Wall of China and Devin looked around "Which way do we go?"
"Maybe we should split up?" DJ suggested.
"Good idea!" Geoff wrapped an arm around Jen "I'll go with Jen, the rest of you go ahead and do whatever."
"Dude I meant one team goes right, the other team goes left and the last team goes… Whichever way they want."
"Yeah so good luck with that."
"I've got a better idea." Jen took Geoff's arm off of her "Me, Tom and the Best Friends will go left and you and DJ will go right."
"Alright, we'll call if we find the Chill Zone!" and he rushed off.
"...Well he's kind of enthusiastic."
"I'm so sorry about him." DJ told her.
"Don't be, it's kind of cute."
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By this point Emma and the others were on the move again "Hey Noah this isn't too fast for you is it?"
As it turns out Noah was holding onto the shaft on Emma and Kitty's rickshaw from within his own "No it's just so painful I'm starting to see things."
"Does it really hurt that bad?" asked Kitty.
"My hand is throbbing and I think my spine is about to snap in half but that's about what I felt when I was on Total Drama, besides Emma is insanely gorgeous. Was that last part out loud?"
"Yep."
"Dammit!" this caused Emma to blush.
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Don was quick to address the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers once they arrived at the Chill Zone "Only one team can come in first, the other will have to settle for second."
Devin turned to the Fashion Bloggers "You guys go ahead, it was only because of you that we're here in the first place."
Jen shook her head "No you two go ahead and take the win, we've already gotten one win as it is back in Brazil."
"So did we back in Morocco."
"Well you let us go ahead of you yesterday in Dubai, an alliance should be fair and now it's your turn."
"...Yeah I'm out of points, come on Carrie." so Devin led Carrie onto the Carpet of Completion, securing the win for them.
"Best Friends take first place, congratulations! And the Fashion Bloggers take second place."
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At the same time, DJ and Geoff were running along the Great Wall of China in search of the Chill Zone, only for the former to notice something wrong "This doesn't seem right, we should've found it by now."
"So what then, we do a 180?" asked Geoff.
"Yeah I think so."
"Okay, let's do it!" and they did a 180 and headed down the other path along the Great Wall of China.
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By this point Emma and the others had reached the Great Wall of China and were searching for the Chill Zone "How's your hand?"
"Oh it's fine." Noah held up his insanely swollen left hand "This one on the other hand, not so much."
"Oh my- That's horrible. Give it here." she started rubbing it "I have to admit though, what you did for us was really nice. Does this feel better?"
"It's actually insanely painful, but don't stop."
"Okay."they locked eyes.
"Oh crap, please tell me that wasn't out loud."
"You didn't say anything." Kitty told him.
"Oh thank god."
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Josee and Jacques were running along the Great Wall of China when they saw Geoff and DJ running towards them "If they're coming towards us then that means that we're going the wrong way!" they turned around.
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Don addressed the Sisters and the Reality TV Pros once they arrived at the Chill Zone "Only one team can come in third."
"Ladies first." Noah offered.
Emma stopped Kitty from advancing "Not a chance, you guys go first. An alliance should be fair and it's your turn."
"I like you. A lot."
"Just get on the carpet you dork."
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Owen wiped away a few fake tears "I hope someone brought a box of tissues because this face has sprung a leak."
"Shut. Up." was all Noah said.
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Josee was foaming at the mouth with rage when she and Jacques arrived at the Chill Zone "So what you're telling me is… now we're in FIFTH?!"
Don nodded without giving a damn "Yes fifth comes after fourth, the numbers are sequential as always."
"...You might want to duck." Jacques told him.
"Why?"
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Jacques looked over as Josee threw a massive tantrum "That. That right there is why."
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One by one the teams continued to find and reach the Chill Zone, with Don counting them off as they did, starting with the Artists.
"6th place."
The Bromigos.
"7th place."
The Goths.
"8th place."
The Stepbrothers.
"9th place."
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"There's the Chill Zone, I can see it from here! We're gonna make it!" Spud started running, only to run into a problem "Sugar crash… going down…" this allowed the Adversity Twins and Father & Son to pass them.
"10th place! 11th place!"
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Don addressed the Rockers once they FINALLY arrived at the Chill Zone "Rockers, I'm afraid you're the last team to arrive."
"Aw man, and we were so close too." Spud muttered.
"If it makes you feel any better you would've received a penalty and been pushed into last place anyway, you pulled the rickshaw but Rock was supposed to."
"Oh really? Huh."
"That's what I said before." Rock pointed out.
"I guess that does make me feel a little bit better, hey man I'm sorry I blew it for us as bad as I did."
"No man, it's all my fault. I mean if I'm gonna try and use treats to train you like a dog or something then I can't be surprised when you go nuts and trash the kitchen and take dumps in my shoes.
"Dude, I promise to never do that last part."
Don chose this as his moment to intervene "Well that makes the ending of this episode a lot more pleasant because this was a non elimination round, you guys are still in the race!"
"Alright, victory riff!" they started rocking out on air guitar.
"Not really a victory but you have to give them points for being optimistic. Who will be next to go? Probably those two but there's only one way to be sure: Tune next time for the next episode of… the Ridonculous Race!"
A/N:
I figured why not give the win to the Best Friends to make up for them nearly losing in the last chapter and to prove that they're climbing their way back up to the top of the pack. Plus I added in the Bromigos because like I said, I want to have Jen and Geoff hook up but I'm not sure how to go about it. I would really appreciate some advice and tips.
I know this chapter kind of screwed up the Ice Dancers' 4th place running gag but I decided to replace it with something better: having them rank one place lower with each leg of the race. I honestly thought that would be a lot funnier.
This is why I had to stick the Rockers on the second flight in the last chapter, it's part of their storyline and their comeback. I've got most of it figured out, the only thing I'm having trouble with is deciding where to eliminate them. I'm thinking either in Vietnam or in Siberia (thus making Darjeeling into a non elimination round). I'm not sure which yet, but I know they won't be in the final four either way.
Rankings:
Best Friends: 1st
Fashion Bloggers: 2nd
Reality TV Pros: 3rd
Sisters: 4th
Ice Dancers: 5th
Artists: 6th
Bromigos: 7th
Goths: 8th
Stepbrothers: 9th
Adversity Twins: 10th
Father & Son: 11th
Rockers: 12th
Elimination:
Mother & Daughter: 13th
Ultimate Duo: 14th
Vegans: 15th
Geniuses: 16th
Tennis Rivals: 17th
LARPers: 18th